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iPhone 5 (credit: JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD/AFP/Getty Images)

Schneiderman Seeks Help To Curb Cell Phone Thefts

New York state’s attorney general asked smartphone makers on Monday to do more to protect consumers from violent street crimes known as “Apple picking,” or cellphone thefts.

2013/05/13

Police Search For Cell Phone Thief Who Struck Man In Hell’s Kitchen

Police Wednesday evening were asking the public to help identify a suspect who stole a man’s cell phone and punched him in Hell’s Kitchen last month.

2013/05/01

Thousands Of New Yorkers To Get AMBER Alerts On Cell Phones

If you live in New York, you may soon start getting AMBER alerts on your cell phone.

2013/04/25

Marijuana Plants (file / credit: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Woman Caught With Nearly 100 Pounds Of Pot In Nassau County

Police in Nassau County found almost 100 pounds of marijuana in a woman’s car, after they pulled her over for allegedly talking on her cell phone behind the wheel.

2013/01/27

MLB wireless phone (credit: David Becker/Getty Images), land line (credit: Nick Laham/Getty Images)

MLB, T-Mobile To Introduce Wireless Dugout-To-Bullpen Phones

Even dugouts and bullpens might not need that old landline soon. Can you hear me now?

2013/01/09

Sen. Schumer FCC news conference Nov. 18, 2012 (credit: Monica Miller/WCBS 880)

Sen. Schumer: Cell Towers Should Have Backup Power To Prevent Widespread Service Outages Like After Sandy

Schumer said a nationwide plan to require power reserves for cell towers would help ensure no disruption in coverage following severe weather, a terrorist attack or any other events that may cause power failures.

2012/11/18

Julie Bennink smiles while using her new iPhone 4 purchased at a Verizon Wireless store - Feb 10, 2011 - Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Seen At 11: Nomophobia Sufferers Fear Life Without Their Mobile Devices

For some people, mobile dependence is taking over their lives and a fear of being without their phones is leading to a cellular obsession.

2012/11/15

Nina In New York: Could You Dine Without Your Cell Phone?

But what if you reached over and remembered that you actually checked your phone in when you sat down, jury duty-style? That’s the concept at Eva restaurant in Los Angeles, land of inappropriate restaurant-related cell phone behavior.

2012/08/22

The Mobile Monitor: Protecting Yourself From Stealthy Apps Collecting Your Personal Info

Whenever you download an app, do a search on Google or even play a game on your cell phone, you’re putting your personal information at risk.

2012/08/03

Corrections Officers Sentenced In Bribery Scheme

Two former corrections officers who smuggled a cellphone to an inmate at a New Jersey prison for sex offenders have been sentenced to prison terms.

2012/07/14

Queens Man Arrested After Attacking LI Mall Employee

A Queens man has been arrested on charges of robbery and attempted kidnapping after assaulting a female employee at a Long Island mall.

2012/07/12

DOE Investigating Alleged Cheating Scandal At Stuyvesant High School

The student alleged to be at the center of the Stuyvesant cheating scandal, identified as Nayeem Ahsan, was apparently taking cell phone pictures and texting answers.

2012/06/26

Rep. Steve Israel (left) holds cell phone used in hacking demonstration at his Hauppauge, NY office on Monday, June 4, 2012 (credit: Mona Rivera/1010 WINS)

Rep. Israel Wants FCC To Require Cell Carriers To Have Password Protected Voicemail

Rep. Steve Israel demonstrated how hackers can go to a “spoofing” site, enter a cell phone number and gain access to that number’s voice messeges.

2012/06/04

Madeleine and Arthur Morris (credit: The Morris Family)

Elderly Manhattan Couple Arthur & Madeleine Morris Die After Minor Car Wreck In Catskills

Arthur Morris and his wife Madeleine died in Andes, New York after trying to make nine fruitless calls from a cell phone for help when their car slid 60 feet down an embankment.

2012/05/11